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In the coming weeks and months we will be welcoming an expert in the field of Caregiving, as well as actively adding new content, resources and discussion topics to the Community. We hope that it will become a place to share your experiences, offer support, and receive advice from fellow caregivers as well as our resident expert. Follow this link to begin posting!View Thread

I had tumor over the sternum which was the result of Multiple Myeloma , came from bone breakdown on upper 1/3 of sternum.Had radiation Rx for the tumor which worked out well. Tumor gone; I then when on for oncologist chemo Rx Now MM cancer surviving in relapse. Something for Doctor to rule out for you!!HHHView Thread

An irregular mole can be a symptom of skin cancer. If it has changed since you last saw your MD, then you may want to get it checked out again...maybe a new doctor. I have had moles removed before, and luckily always came back negative, but you don't want to wait too long.View Thread

How are you doing? Have you learned anything more? I am so glad that you kept on your doctors and knew your body well enough to know that something just wasn't right. I don't have any first hand experience with this, but this article does a pretty good job of explaining ovarian cysts and the different types and might be worth looking through. You might also try posting your story and question in the Women's Health Community -- the members of community are pretty active and may have some experience/advice.View Thread

"You're not just imagining this. Studies show that cancer and its treatment causes changes in the brain. What you're going through is normal...As many as 3 out of 4 people with cancer say they're not as mentally sharp."

Learn more about chemo brain --- its symptoms, treatment options, how long it lasts, and memory aids to try.

Have you been struggling with chemo brain during or after treatment? What have you found that helps?View Thread

2. There are many different types of cancer. One cannot lump all cancers into the same category.

You are at the age (15) where young folks often begin to worry (sometimes excessively) about their health and diseases. I know...I did when I was your age. I went through a period of time where I was sure I was going to die of, well, EVERYTHING. I'm not kidding...a backache meant I must have MS, a lump here or there cancer, a headache brain cancer.

Finally I got tired (at age 14) of waiting around to drop dead. That was almost 50 years ago and age 63 I'm still alive and somewhat kicking.

Cervical disease can frequently be discovered early, and in some cases even averted altogether, by having general Pap tests. On the off chance that distinguished early, cervical disease is a standout amongst the most effectively treatable cancer.View Thread

What different things are the pulmonary specialist, oncologist and surgeon telling you?

The fact that 3 of these lymph nodes contained cancer cells is an indication that the disease MAY have spread beyond the lung. Has it? No one here can tell you, including (it would appear from your medical team) your physicians.

Frustrating, I know but the problem with lung cancer is that by the time it is diagnosed it has often spread through the lymph system to other parts of the body. That's the stinking problem with this particular type of cancer.

My husband has some type of seizure after eating almost any meal. He has been to his internal medicine, heart, endocrinologist, gastrointestinal and neurologist doctors. Not one doctor can tell us what is wrong with him yet. He has been told he has non-alcholic fatty liver, pancreatitis, adrenal gland adenoma, inflamed stomach, esophagitus. He has high natural insulin, high blood pressure and low B12 auto immune deficiency, no hepatitis B anti-bodies (he needs to get new shots). They just found a polyp or cyst 10mm on his right maxillary sinus floor. He has been tested for both diabetes and hypoglycemia and has neither. Daily he eats a meal and he said his stomach feels heavy then his eyes get glossy, his speech gets slurred and confusing, his eyes roll back in head or cross eyed, he becomes child like at times, his body starts to shut down including his legs so he will fall to ground and eventually pass out completely for 10-15 minutes. While he is having episode his blood pressure jumps up and his heart rate goes down.If anyone has any idea what this might be or who we should see next I would appreciate the help.View Thread

My father just had a CT scan due to abdominal pain. It showed something on his liver so they followed up with another CT scan with the dye. The CT scan show the following:

* FINDINGS **: There are multiple inherently low density masses in the liver that
show heterogeneous somewhat puddling but not peripheral
enhancement on arterial through persistent delayed images. The
largest is in the left lobe measuring approximately 6 x 5 cm.
Multiple smaller lesions in the right liver. These are suspicious
for metastatic disease. Consider tissue sampling.
Lung bases are currently clear. Left renal cyst. Other solid
organs without suspicious findings. No abnormal bowel dilation or
localized inflammation.

Sounds like cancer that has metastasized from another area. If this is in fact cancer, which it seems likely, we do not know where it spread from. We did not know he had any cancer. My question is this. His regular doctor is scheduling a biopsy, but I have a concern regarding cancer spread cells being spread in this process. I've read online that this is a legitimate concern. I'm going to suggest that my father have a second opinion and have someone else look at the CT scan, because from what I understand should be able to be diagnosed from. Does anyone have any experience with this?View Thread

"Two new reports show one-third of cancer survivors in the United States say they have experienced money or work problems due to cancer care, while even many cancer patients who have insurance say they have had to change their lifestyle and medical care due to the financial burden of treatment, the research shows."

I am sorry to hear of your friend's diagnosis but am glad that you and his family are there to help him through it. We will definitely be keeping him in our thoughts! How did the first week of treatment go?

I'm unsure what kind of treatment he is undergoing, but these articles on side effects of chemo and radiation may help you prepare for what could possibly happen. WebMD also has a great cancer blogger (a cancer survivor) whose posts are very informative and real. Here is a link to her blog Cancer Realities . I encourage you and your friend to look through the posts to find something that resonates and helps you where you are now in treatment. Please let us know how everything is going!View Thread

My son is 21. Recently he was injured in an oilfield accident so we had to do a MRI of his hip. Everything was fine with his hip but on the MRI is stated " The prostate gland reveals a high T2 signal lesion within the tight lobe measuring up to 1.2cm, suggesting a prostatic cyst. The seminal vesicles are unremarkable.," Is this something I should be concerned with? Perhaps cancer? I don't want to be a scared and upset if I don't have too but I also don't want to blow it off if it is something I should be concerned about.View Thread

Hello! My name is Kelly. My husband's name is Randy. His aunt was diagnosed with lung cancer back in June and has recently finished her radiation and continues to take her chemo once a week.

I am needing a bit of advice on how to deal with a few issues. I feel that we aren't addressing issues with her because of her diagnosis and it isn't fair to her or us. We are her live in, primary caregivers. We have been doing this about a month now.

So first off is her lack of commitment to help her get herself well. She has become so dependent on us that she only gets up to go to bathroom. Everything else we do for her. Dressing, cooking, cleaning, feeding her dogs, etc. She has a physical therapist that comes twice a week to help her build her strength and energy back up from the long treatments she has been through. When I ask her to do her exercises (and I do with them her) she says that she doesn't want to. In 14 days she has done them 3 times. I feel by us doing all of this for her, she doesn't have the desire to get better and build her strength back up. But I feel guilty when she wants something so I get up and do it anyways. I feel as long as we do everything for her, she'll never try to be self sufficient again. How do we "break" her of this?

She has also been incredibly hateful towards her entire family. As a matter of fact, no one will help her anymore because of her behavior. The reason we moved here to do this was because my husband's 81 year old Grandmother was doing everything. She even fractured both of her cheek bones a week before we came doing yard work for her. She tells her mother that she would have traded her for anyone else in the world. Her mother tried to stay with her during a recent hospital stint but she got angry and said she didn't want her mother to stay with her (she did anyways). I honestly equate it to a child throwing a temper tantrum and she continues to do it because nobody stands up to her and tells her enough is enough. This is where you come back to guilt. She has cancer. Her life sucks right now. This isn't the first relative we have cared for who has cancer and we know how difficult, painful, draining, depressing, angering it is. But she continues to push away the only people who love her and care about.

So many times during a day I start to have this conversation with her about her behavior and how she treats others. But I never get a word out. I don't want to make her more depressed, more angry, make her life any more difficult. But it has now gotten to the point where my husband and I are considering asking the family to put her in assisted living because it has become so much. She has multiple "blowups" a day and just starts yelling at people. She disrupted an entire surgery floor last week and the nurses were afraid to even go near her.

I feel that if we don't talk to her about this she is going to have to go to assisted living. And we don't want this. We moved here to help her and get her back on her feet. Get her out and about. But her behavior has just become so draining on my husband and I. We are 24 hour care providers at this point. I get up early, he stays up late. The two hours we are in bed together I have my phone on so I can help with what she needs (water, help getting up, pain medications). But I feel she doesn't need this kind of care. I feel she isn't putting in an effort. As a matter of fact her physical therapist said we aren't to help her stand up anymore. She needs to push herself up. We tell her this when she asks for help and she just gets angry and yells and says if we don't help her she will just start peeing in her chair.

I don't know whether to have these conversations or not. And if we do, how do we approach it?View Thread

Were you able to get in to see a dermatologist or your doctor about these moles and skin abnormalities? If not, it would be best to do so as Gail said. You might find it helpful in the meantime to compare your moles and other spots that worry you to those in this slideshow on precancerous lesions and skin cancer. If you still wish to upload a photo, click on the camera icon when replying to the discussion from the selection of tools at the top of the post. You will need to have you photo uploaded to a photosharing site like flickr or photobucket and then paste in the url. Please let us know how you are doing!View Thread

I have had the needle biopsy, and the bronchoscopy biopsy and the results were both inconclusive. I have also had a PET SCAN which showed the cancer has not spread to any lymph nodes or other organs.

Today, August 13th 2014, I spoke with a thoracic surgeon to have an open chest biopsy done. I made the appointment only to find that he will be on vacation and the operation will not take place until the first part of September.

My question is what are the chances of the cancer spreading to other parts of my body, lymph nodes, etc. during the lull until the operation takes place.,

I realize it is a question that is very difficult to answer, but I was wondering if anyone has had a similar experience.

I'm wondering if I should locate a doctor that could do the same operation but a whole lot sooner.

Any information would be greatly appreciated and thanks in advance for any suggestions.

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